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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10739149808002690
Abstract
The use of infrared laser based photo-acoustic trace gas detection equipment in biological research is discussed on the basis bf two examples. A CO2 laser based photo-acoustic trace gas detection system is employed to follow the time-dependent pattern of the nitrogen fixation process by the cyanobacteria Nodularia Spumigena on a one-minute time scale. Due to the high sensitivity of the detection system for ethylene (detection limit 6 part per trillion; 6.10(12)), the fixation process can be followed on-line in a flow-through system. Following a 50 h dark incubation period, the bacteria show nitrogen fixation only after a certain illumination period, indicating lack of carbohydrates needed to start the nitrogen fixation. [KEYWORDS: CO-LASER; PLANTS; ACETALDEHYDE; SPECTROSCOPY; ADAPTATIONS; CO2-LASER; RESPONSES; ETHYLENE; ECOLOGY; ANOXIA]
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Institutes: | Nederlands Instituut voor Ecologie (NIOO) |
| ID Code: | 10681 |
| Deposited On: | 25 Nov 2011 01:00 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Apr 2012 16:38 |
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